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FORM 4 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB NUMBER: 3235-0362
[ ] Check this box if no longer Expires: September 30, 1998
subject to Section 16. Form 4 Estimate average burden
or Form 5 obligations may hours per response..... 0.5
continue. See Instructions 1(b)
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
or Trading Symbol (Check all applicable)
Chaves Denis P. Mechanical Technology Incorporated (MKTY)
Director 10% Owner
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x Officer (give Other
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for ----- title below) ----- (specify
Number of Reporting Month/Year below)
c/o Mechanical Technology Incorporated Person (voluntary) Vice President/General Manager
968 Albany Shaker Rd. 9/98 --------------------------------
(Street) 5 If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Date of Original (check Applicable Lines)
Albany NY 12110 (Month/Year) X Form Filed by One Reporting Person
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(City) (State) (Zip) Form Filed by More than One
--- Reporting Person
TABLE I NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action action (A)or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of
Date Code Benefic- Form: Indirect
(Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) ially Direct Bene-
(Month/ Owned at (D) or ficial
Day/ Code V Amount (A) or Price End of Indirect Owner-
Year) (D) Month (I) ship
(Instr. 3 (Instr. (Instr.
and 4) 4) 4)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instructions 4(b)(v) SEC 1474 (7-96)
FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
1.Title of 2.Conver- 3.Trans- 4.Transac- 5.Number of 6.Date Exer- 7.Title 8.Price 9.Number 10.Owner- 11.Na-
Derivative sion or action tion Code Derivative cisable and Amount of of Deriv- ship ture
Security Exercise Date (Instr. 8) Securities and Expir- of Under- Deriv- ative Form of In-
(Instr. 3) Price (Month/ Acquired (A) ation Date lying ative Secur- of De- direct
of Day/ or Disposed (Month/ Securities Secur- ities rivative Bene-
Deriva- Year) of (D) Day/Year) ity Bene- Secu- ficial
tive (Instr. 3,- (Instr. 3 (Instr ficially rity; Own-
Security 4, and 5) and4) . 5) Owned Direct ership
at End (D) or (Instr
Amount of Indi- . 4)
Date Expir- or Month rect (I)
Exer- ation Title Number (Instr. (Instr.
cisa- Date of 4) 4)
Code V (A) (D) ble Shares
Employee Stock
Option (Right $6.00 6/16/98 A 20,000 * 6/16/08 Common 20,000 -0- 45,100** D
(to buy) Stock
* 25% or 5,000 Shares, exercisable 6/16/99; 25% or 5,000 Shares, exercisable 6/16/00; 25% or 5,000 Shares, exercisable 6/16/01;
25% or 5,000 Shares, exercisable 6/16/02.
** Employee was granted options to purchase 25,000 shares of $1.00 par value common stock at the exercise price of $3.44
on 8/27/97, expiring 8/27/07, and was granted options to purchase 100 shares of $1.00 par value common stock at the
exercise price of $2.44 per share on 12/20/96, expiring 12/20/06.
Explanation of Responses:
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts /s/ Denis Chaves October 5, 1998
constitute Federal Criminal Violations. ------------------------------------------------ ----------------
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15. U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date
Denis Chaves
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